About This Project

Living Lights is an artistic Interaction Design project developed to visualize the carbon emission footprint of the Dutch city of Delft. This project has been created in collaboration with the Municipality of Delft and four other students from The Hague University of Applied Sciences.

Model of Delft

The primary touchpoint of the Living Lights system is the Model of Delft, a 75cm by 75cm model of Delft's historic city center featuring 3D-printed houses on a custom-made map. The model is equipped with several LEDs that light up the city from underneath to represent the region’s energy-saving statistics.

Information Kiosk

The information kiosk is the core component of the design through which users can interact with the Model of Delft. The key element of the kiosk are the three scenario buttons at the bottom of the screen: Once clicked, these buttons visualize the carbon emission data of the city across different neighborhoods.

The kiosk has been built using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. You can view an interactive version of the design here.

Mobile Application

In addition to the information kiosk, the integrated Living Lights application allows residents to learn more about how they can reduce their daily carbon footprint. By completing challenges, users can collect rewards and compare themselves with others to see which area of the city is the greenest.